Linux Format forumsHelp, discussion, magazine feedback and more2009-12-14T09:36:06+00:00http://linuxformat.com/forums/feed.php?t=67152009-12-14T09:36:06+00:002009-12-14T09:36:06+00:00http://linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6715&p=82254#p82254You would be better off contributing to Kubuntu or the Mint KDE CE.

]]>2007-11-20T17:42:26+00:002007-11-20T17:42:26+00:00http://linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6715&p=52196#p52196Statistics: Posted by Rhakios — Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:42 pm
]]>2007-11-20T14:34:46+00:002007-11-20T14:34:46+00:00http://linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6715&p=52187#p52187Yep, looks like Windows. Stop it. Stop it right now. As Mike said it is a BAD idea. We do not need another distro, we need people working to improve the ones we have.

]]>2007-11-20T13:27:30+00:002007-11-20T13:27:30+00:00http://linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6715&p=52183#p52183If i wanted something that looked a bit like Vista I would check KDE-Look first, rather than installing a new distro.If i wanted something that looked exactly like Vista, I would buy Vista (just like I bought the Amiga CD32 and the Sega Saturn).

It's probably not the feedback you wanted, but had you considered making this a distro-agnostic "widget HOWTO with downloadable theme"?

]]>2007-09-24T21:06:07+00:002007-09-24T21:06:07+00:00http://linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6715&p=50086#p500862) Include some sort of statement on the front page as to what it does! I had to go onto SourceForge to find out the description.

3) Making Yet Another Linux Distro That Looks Like Windows is a bad idea. In nearly a decade of Linux I've seen countless distros like this, and they simply don't work. Not only will Microsoft get onto you for ripping off their design, but it's a really bad move.

The more you make a Linux distro look like Windows, the more that users will be disappointed and confused when things don't work as expected. I don't use Gnome, but I respect the way it strives for a mostly unique look and feel -- giving an identity to Linux on the desktop.

Apple realises this too: create your own desktop, your own experience, so that you don't look like a cheap knock-off of the leader. When newcomers sit down with a Mac, they see that it looks very different to Windows, and must work differently too. Giving people a Linux distro that looks Windows-ish will just confuse them when they stray beyond Firefox and OOo.